Posts from ‘May, 2009’

During a recent night survey at Sungei Buloh:

Gynacantha dorhni, a large but slender and beautiful dragonfly, contentedly perched and completely oblivious to the world around it. This individual was, with the mutual agreement of the entomologists present, collected and presented to our in-house odonata expert who then recommended that it be kept as a [...]

When the mind is satisfied, that is a sign of diminished faculties or weariness. No powerful mind stops within itself: it is always stretching out and exceeding its capacities. It makes sorties which go beyond what it can achieve: it is only half-alive if it is not advancing, pressing forward, getting driven into a corner [...]

The Japanese Ambassador and his wife prepare to start off Ikebana International Singapore Chapter’s 40th Anniversary gala with a Kagamiwari Ceremony (Sake Breaking Ceremony).

At the office, some of us were landed with the responsibility of fledging a young mynah, whose nest was removed from the ceiling boards in a preemptive motion by our admin staff [...]

Definitely the best British sitcom, ever.
Ahh, the verbal dexterity!
I think I’ve found my portable antidote.

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And [...]

The urge to roam has been growing stronger.
Feeling starved and restless.
Physically, psychologically, intellectually.
Very badly.
… …
Very, very badly.
All these tools, these drivers of globalisation, these reducers of distances. Worlds are bridged closer, yet remain far apart. Friends seem so near, and yet so distant. Blogs, Facebook, and instant messagers help [...]

Summoned to the Fish’s desk with a “come to my table NOW!!! big spider”, I fetched an empty specimen tube and hopped across the hallway into the other room. I was expecting one of those huge jumpers, which constitute most of the S.O.S. cases around here. When I saw this one from afar, I promptly [...]

It was a cheesy thing that we did, but here’s to old times’ sake.
Here’s a re-dedication too. To our moms on this Mothers’ Day.
《真的愛妳》
曲：黃家駒　詞：小美　編：BEYOND
無法可修飾的一對手　帶出溫暖永遠在背後
縱使囉唆始終關注　不懂珍惜太內咎
沉醉於音階她不讚賞　母親的愛卻永未退讓
決心衝開心中掙扎　親恩終可報答
春風化雨暖透我的心　一生眷顧無言地送贈
是妳多麼溫馨的目光　教我堅毅望著前路
叮囑我跌倒不應放棄
沒法解釋怎可報盡親恩　愛意寬大是無限
請准我說聲真的愛妳
仍記起溫馨的一對手　始終給我照顧未變樣
理想今天終於等到　分享光輝盼做到
Ps. here’s a never previously released blooper version!